Hi Howie, Thanks for the reply. It's not such bad news, at least I'm finding out a little of what I bought. It's kind of frustrating having a computer and not knowing anything about it. I also bought a PM 5260/100. Both computers work fine. Thanks again!! Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Schou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SuperMacs List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:51 AM Subject: Re: [SM] cd-rw
> > From: "marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 02:01:18 -0600 > > > > I have a c500 that I bought off Ebay. > > It has a cdrom in it that according to the number, (cd508b) is a > > Panasonic > > cd-rw. Where can I get a driver for this? And is it in fact a cd-rw, > > or just > > a cdrom? > > Bad news is it is a CD Rom not a CDRW . Good news is it is a 24x speed > CDROM player likely the best player sold with a UMAX machine. It will > need a driver other then the one which comes with Mac OS. It will most > likely boot with the C key once you have a driver just like an Apple CD > player. This did require OS 9.x with my machine with older Mac OS's it > may well require the four key salute to boot. (option,Apple,shift and > delete keys) > > Free Apple drivers that will work are located at: > http://macdrivermuseum.com/disk.html > > get the Apple universal driver 5.3.1 for the CD rom driver and > Apple universal driver 5.3.2 for audio disk drivers > > also you need to remove or turn off in extension manager the Apple CD > driver 5.3.3?? I think it is as it only works with Apple cd players > without being hacked. > later Will S > > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
